#!/usr/bin/env python3 """Run the six durability experiments on a Linux machine and write the raw results. run_experiments.py --go ./dspike-go --rust ./dspike-rust --tools ./tools --out ./results [--only 01,03] Each experiment has a pass bar, written here before it runs, and writes results/NN-name/result.json plus the raw output it judged. Nothing outside the scratch directory and the user's own systemd units is touched. Experiment 04 needs `yjob` and its unit template installed for the user (tools/yjob, tools/yjob@.service). These experiments kill processes. They do not cut the power: what survives a power cut depends on the file system and the drive as well, and is not measured here. """ from __future__ import annotations import argparse import json import os import platform import random import re import shutil import signal import sqlite3 import statistics import subprocess import sys import tempfile import time from pathlib import Path LANGS = ("go", "rust") WRITER = ''' import sqlite3, sys, time c = sqlite3.connect(sys.argv[1]); c.execute("PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL"); c.execute("create table if not exists t(x)") import os while not os.path.exists(sys.argv[2]): # until told to stop: about a hundred commits a second, so the file stays small c.executemany("insert into t values(?)", [(i,) for i in range(500)]); c.commit(); time.sleep(0.005) ''' def sh(cmd: list[str] | str, **kw) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess: return subprocess.run(cmd, shell=isinstance(cmd, str), capture_output=True, text=True, **kw) def save(out: Path, name: str, bar: str, verdict: str, data: dict, raw: dict[str, str] | None = None) -> None: d = out / name d.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) for fname, text in (raw or {}).items(): (d / fname).write_text(text) doc = {"experiment": name, "pass_bar": bar, "verdict": verdict, "ran": time.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ", time.gmtime()), **data} (d / "result.json").write_text(json.dumps(doc, indent=1) + "\n") print(f"{name}: {verdict}") def calls(trace: str) -> list[str]: """The sync and rename calls of a strace file, in order, as short words.""" got = [] for line in trace.splitlines(): m = re.match(r"^\d+\s+(fsync|fdatasync|rename|renameat|renameat2)\(", line) if m: got.append("rename" if m.group(1).startswith("rename") else m.group(1)) return got # ---- 01 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- def exp01(bins: dict[str, str], work: Path, out: Path) -> None: bar = ("append: the file is synced (fsync or fdatasync) before the program exits. replace: the temporary file is " "synced, then renamed over the target, then the directory is synced, in that order. Both languages.") data, raw, ok = {}, {}, True for lang in LANGS: ta, tr = work / f"trace.{lang}.append", work / f"trace.{lang}.replace" sh(["strace", "-f", "-e", "trace=fsync,fdatasync,rename,renameat,renameat2", "-o", str(ta), bins[lang], "append", str(work / f"log.{lang}"), "a line"]) sh(["strace", "-f", "-e", "trace=fsync,fdatasync,rename,renameat,renameat2", "-o", str(tr), bins[lang], "replace", str(work / f"state.{lang}.json"), '{"v":1}']) a, r = calls(ta.read_text()), calls(tr.read_text()) good = bool(a) and a[-1] in ("fsync", "fdatasync") and r[-3:] == ["fsync", "rename", "fsync"] ok &= good data[lang] = {"append": a, "replace": r, "meets_bar": good} raw[f"strace-{lang}-append.txt"] = re.sub(str(work), "SCRATCH", ta.read_text()) raw[f"strace-{lang}-replace.txt"] = re.sub(str(work), "SCRATCH", tr.read_text()) save(out, "01-system-calls", bar, "pass" if ok else "fail", {"calls": data}, raw) # ---- 02 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- def judge_copy(path: Path) -> tuple[str, int]: try: c = sqlite3.connect(f"file:{path}?mode=ro", uri=True) if c.execute("PRAGMA integrity_check").fetchone()[0] != "ok": return "fails the integrity check", 0 n = c.execute("select count(*) from t").fetchone()[0] c.close() return ("whole" if n % 500 == 0 else "holds part of a transaction"), n except sqlite3.Error as e: return f"does not open ({str(e)[:40]})", 0 def exp02(bins: dict[str, str], work: Path, out: Path, rounds: int = 50) -> None: bar = (f"All {rounds} copies taken by each program while another process commits batches of 500 rows: open, pass " "integrity_check, and hold only whole batches; and the writer is alive and committing through every series. " "The two plain file copies are controls and have no bar.") live = work / "live.db" stop = work / "stop-writer" writer = subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, "-c", WRITER, str(live), str(stop)]) time.sleep(1.5) data: dict[str, dict] = {} ok = True def live_rows() -> int: c = sqlite3.connect(f"file:{live}?mode=ro", uri=True) n = c.execute("select count(*) from t").fetchone()[0] c.close() return n def series(name: str, make) -> None: nonlocal ok kinds: dict[str, int] = {} behind = [] first = live_rows() for i in range(rounds): before = live_rows() copy = work / f"copy.{name}.db" for f in (copy, Path(str(copy) + "-wal"), Path(str(copy) + "-shm")): f.unlink(missing_ok=True) make(copy) kind, n = judge_copy(copy) kinds[kind] = kinds.get(kind, 0) + 1 if kind == "whole": behind.append(max(0, before - n)) alive = writer.poll() is None ok &= alive # a series taken after the writer died proves nothing data[name] = {"copies": rounds, "outcomes": kinds, "writer_alive_throughout": alive, "rows_committed_during_the_series": live_rows() - first, "committed_rows_missing_from_whole_copies_median": int(statistics.median(behind)) if behind else None, "committed_rows_missing_max": max(behind) if behind else None} if name in LANGS: ok &= kinds == {"whole": rounds} for lang in LANGS: series(lang, lambda copy, b=bins[lang]: sh([b, "stage", str(live), str(copy)])) series("control-cp-main-file-only", lambda copy: shutil.copyfile(live, copy)) def cp_both(copy: Path) -> None: shutil.copyfile(live, copy) time.sleep(0.002) if Path(str(live) + "-wal").exists(): shutil.copyfile(str(live) + "-wal", str(copy) + "-wal") series("control-cp-main-file-then-log", cp_both) stop.write_text("stop") writer.wait(timeout=30) save(out, "02-copy-under-a-writer", bar, "pass" if ok else "fail", {"series": data, "rows_committed_at_the_end": live_rows()}) # ---- 03 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- def exp03(bins: dict[str, str], work: Path, out: Path, rounds: int = 500) -> None: bar = (f"In {rounds} rounds for each program, a replace of a 100 kB file killed with SIGKILL after a random delay never " "leaves the target missing, empty or half written: it always holds the old or the new content, whole. " "Temporary files left behind are counted, not judged. The in-place writer is a control and has no bar.") pad = "x" * 100_000 data: dict[str, dict] = {} ok = True rng = random.Random(20261003) def whole(path: Path) -> bool: try: return len(json.loads(path.read_text())["pad"]) == len(pad) except (OSError, ValueError, KeyError): return False for lang in LANGS: target = work / f"kill.{lang}.json" target.write_text(json.dumps({"v": 0, "pad": pad})) broken = finished = 0 for i in range(1, rounds + 1): p = subprocess.Popen([bins[lang], "replace", str(target), json.dumps({"v": i, "pad": pad})]) time.sleep(rng.uniform(0, 0.004)) p.kill() finished += p.wait() == 0 broken += not whole(target) left = len(list(work.glob(f"kill.{lang}.json.tmp*"))) data[lang] = {"rounds": rounds, "target_broken": broken, "replaces_that_finished_before_the_kill": finished, "temporary_files_left": left} ok &= broken == 0 # control: the same content written in place, synced but not atomic src, target = work / "payload.json", work / "kill.inplace.json" src.write_text(json.dumps({"v": 1, "pad": pad})) target.write_text(src.read_text()) broken = 0 for _ in range(rounds): p = subprocess.Popen(["dd", f"if={src}", f"of={target}", "bs=1024", "oflag=dsync", "status=none"]) time.sleep(rng.uniform(0, 0.02)) p.kill() p.wait() broken += not whole(target) if not whole(target): target.write_text(src.read_text()) data["control-write-in-place-with-sync"] = {"rounds": rounds, "target_broken": broken} save(out, "03-kill-during-replace", bar, "pass" if ok else "fail", {"series": data, "payload_bytes": len(pad)}) # ---- 04 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- def journal(unit: str, since: float) -> list[str]: r = sh(["journalctl", "--user", "-u", unit, "--since", f"@{int(since)}", "--no-pager", "-o", "json"]) lines = [] for raw in r.stdout.splitlines(): try: d = json.loads(raw) t = time.strftime("%H:%M:%S", time.gmtime(int(d["__REALTIME_TIMESTAMP"]) / 1e6)) lines.append(f"{t} {d.get('MESSAGE', '')}") except (ValueError, KeyError): continue return lines def exp04(work: Path, out: Path, yjob: str) -> None: bar = ("A job whose command fails on its first run is run again without anyone asking, finishes, and its unit is then " "disabled. A job that is stopped while running stays enabled, so the next boot starts it. A real power-off " "is not part of this run.") jobs = Path.home() / "runbook" / "jobs" started = time.time() script = work / "fails-once.sh" script.write_text(f"#!/usr/bin/env bash\nf={work}/count; n=$(( $(cat $f 2>/dev/null || echo 0) + 1 )); echo $n > $f\n" '[ $n -ge 2 ] || { echo "attempt $n: failing on purpose"; exit 7; }\necho "attempt $n: working"; sleep 3; echo "attempt $n: done"\n') script.chmod(0o755) a, b = "exp-fails-once", "exp-stopped" for n in (a, b): sh([yjob, "cancel", n]) sh([yjob, "add", "--quiet", a, "--", str(script)]) deadline = time.time() + 400 while (jobs / f"{a}.sh").exists() and time.time() < deadline: time.sleep(5) log_a = journal(f"yjob@{a}.service", started) finished = not (jobs / f"{a}.sh").exists() took = round(time.time() - started) enabled_after = sh(["systemctl", "--user", "is-enabled", f"yjob@{a}.service"]).stdout.strip() attempts = int((work / "count").read_text().strip()) if (work / "count").exists() else 0 long = work / "long.sh" long.write_text("#!/usr/bin/env bash\necho started; sleep 600\n") long.chmod(0o755) t2 = time.time() sh([yjob, "add", "--quiet", b, "--", str(long)]) time.sleep(3) sh(["systemctl", "--user", "stop", f"yjob@{b}.service"]) time.sleep(2) stopped_enabled = sh(["systemctl", "--user", "is-enabled", f"yjob@{b}.service"]).stdout.strip() stopped_active = sh(["systemctl", "--user", "is-active", f"yjob@{b}.service"]).stdout.strip() still_queued = (jobs / f"{b}.sh").exists() log_b = journal(f"yjob@{b}.service", t2) sh([yjob, "cancel", b]) ok = finished and attempts == 2 and enabled_after == "disabled" and stopped_enabled == "enabled" and still_queued save(out, "04-durable-job", bar, "pass" if ok else "fail", { "fails_once": {"attempts": attempts, "finished": finished, "unit_after_success": enabled_after, "seconds_until_finished": took, "retry_delay_of_the_unit_seconds": 120}, "stopped": {"unit_after_stop": stopped_enabled, "state_after_stop": stopped_active, "still_queued": still_queued}, "not_run": "a job continuing after a real power-off of the machine"}, {"journal-fails-once.txt": "\n".join(log_a) + "\n", "journal-stopped.txt": "\n".join(log_b) + "\n"}) # ---- 05 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FAKE = ''' import http.server, sys, time T0 = time.time(); BUSY = float(sys.argv[2]) class H(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler): def do_GET(self): n = 1 if time.time() - T0 < BUSY else 0 body = f"yllm_queue_depth {n}\\nyllm_slots_in_use {n}\\nyllm_embed_slots_in_use 0\\n".encode() self.send_response(200); self.send_header("Content-Length", str(len(body))); self.end_headers(); self.wfile.write(body) def log_message(self, *a): pass http.server.HTTPServer(("127.0.0.1", int(sys.argv[1])), H).serve_forever() ''' def exp05(work: Path, out: Path, steps: str) -> None: bar = ("drain: with a service that is busy for 7 s it returns within 3 s of the service becoming idle, exit 0; with a " "service still busy when the limit of 5 s passes it stops at the limit, exit 1; with no service answering it " "does not wait. checkpoint: after a writer exits without closing its database, the write-ahead log is " "emptied and every committed row is in the main file.") port = 18999 cases = {} def drain(busy: float | None, wait: int) -> dict: srv = subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, "-c", FAKE, str(port), str(busy)]) if busy is not None else None time.sleep(1.0) t = time.time() r = sh([steps, "drain"], env={**os.environ, "GATEWAY": f"http://127.0.0.1:{port}", "WAIT": str(wait)}) took = round(time.time() - t, 1) if srv: srv.kill() srv.wait() time.sleep(0.3) return {"exit": r.returncode, "seconds": took, "said": r.stdout.strip()} cases["busy 7 s then idle, limit 30 s"] = drain(7, 30) cases["busy past the limit of 5 s"] = drain(60, 5) cases["no service answering"] = drain(None, 5) db = work / "unclean.db" sh([sys.executable, "-c", f''' import sqlite3, os c = sqlite3.connect("{db}"); c.execute("PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL"); c.execute("PRAGMA wal_autocheckpoint=0") c.execute("create table t(x)"); c.executemany("insert into t values(?)", [(i,) for i in range(20000)]); c.commit() os._exit(0) ''']) wal_before = os.path.getsize(str(db) + "-wal") if os.path.exists(str(db) + "-wal") else 0 main_before = os.path.getsize(db) r = sh([steps, "checkpoint"], env={**os.environ, "GATEWAY": "http://127.0.0.1:1", "DBS": f"{db} {work}/missing.db"}) wal_after = os.path.getsize(str(db) + "-wal") if os.path.exists(str(db) + "-wal") else 0 rows = sqlite3.connect(db).execute("select count(*) from t").fetchone()[0] cp = {"log_bytes_before": wal_before, "log_bytes_after": wal_after, "main_file_bytes_before": main_before, "main_file_bytes_after": os.path.getsize(db), "rows": rows, "said": re.sub(str(work), "SCRATCH", r.stdout.strip())} c1, c2, c3 = cases.values() ok = (c1["exit"] == 0 and 5 <= c1["seconds"] <= 10 and c2["exit"] == 1 and 4 <= c2["seconds"] <= 9 and c3["exit"] == 0 and c3["seconds"] < 2 and wal_before > 0 and wal_after == 0 and rows == 20000) save(out, "05-drain-and-checkpoint", bar, "pass" if ok else "fail", {"drain": cases, "checkpoint": cp}) # ---- 06 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- def exp06(work: Path, out: Path, stage: str) -> None: bar = ("A copy of a database whose writer holds an uncommitted row and whose changes are all still in the log: holds " "every committed row and not the uncommitted one, and passes quick_check. A file that is not a database is " "reported, exit 1, and leaves no file behind, not even a temporary one. A missing database is skipped.") live = work / "staged-live.db" w = sqlite3.connect(live) w.execute("PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL") w.execute("PRAGMA wal_autocheckpoint=0") w.execute("create table t(x)") w.executemany("insert into t values(?)", [(i,) for i in range(5000)]) w.commit() w.execute("insert into t values(-1)") broken = work / "broken.db" broken.write_bytes(b"this is not a database, it only has the name" * 200) dest = work / "staged" r = sh([sys.executable, stage, str(dest), str(live), str(work / "missing.db"), str(broken)]) files = sorted(p.name for p in dest.iterdir()) copy = next((dest / f for f in files if f.endswith("staged-live.db")), None) rows = lowest = None check = "" if copy: c = sqlite3.connect(copy) rows, lowest = c.execute("select count(*), min(x) from t").fetchone() check = c.execute("PRAGMA quick_check").fetchone()[0] w.rollback() ok = r.returncode == 1 and len(files) == 1 and rows == 5000 and lowest == 0 and check == "ok" save(out, "06-consistent-sqlite-copy", bar, "pass" if ok else "fail", { "exit": r.returncode, "files_in_destination": len(files), "rows_in_copy": rows, "uncommitted_row_in_copy": lowest == -1, "quick_check": check, "log_bytes_of_the_live_database": os.path.getsize(str(live) + "-wal"), "reported": re.sub(str(work), "SCRATCH", r.stderr.strip())}) def environment(bins: dict[str, str]) -> dict: cpu = next((line.split(":", 1)[1].strip() for line in Path("/proc/cpuinfo").read_text().splitlines() if line.startswith("model name")), "") fs = sh("findmnt -no FSTYPE,OPTIONS -T .").stdout.strip() return {"kernel": platform.release(), "cpu": cpu, "file_system_of_the_scratch_directory": fs, "python_sqlite": sqlite3.sqlite_version, "systemd": sh("systemctl --version").stdout.splitlines()[0] if shutil.which("systemctl") else "", "binaries": {k: {"bytes": os.path.getsize(v)} for k, v in bins.items()}} def main() -> int: ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=(__doc__ or "").splitlines()[0]) ap.add_argument("--go", required=True) ap.add_argument("--rust", required=True) ap.add_argument("--tools", required=True) ap.add_argument("--out", required=True) ap.add_argument("--only", default="01,02,03,04,05,06") ap.add_argument("--yjob", default=str(Path.home() / "runbook/tools/yjob")) a = ap.parse_args() bins = {"go": os.path.abspath(a.go), "rust": os.path.abspath(a.rust)} out, tools = Path(a.out).resolve(), Path(a.tools).resolve() out.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) scratch_root = Path.home() / ".cache" scratch_root.mkdir(exist_ok=True) with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(dir=scratch_root, prefix="durability-exp-") as tmp: work = Path(tmp) os.chdir(work) (out / "environment.json").write_text(json.dumps(environment(bins), indent=1) + "\n") only = set(a.only.split(",")) if "01" in only: exp01(bins, work, out) if "02" in only: exp02(bins, work, out) if "03" in only: exp03(bins, work, out) if "04" in only: exp04(work, out, a.yjob) if "05" in only: exp05(work, out, str(tools / "quiesce-steps.sh")) if "06" in only: exp06(work, out, str(tools / "sqlite-stage.py")) return 0 if __name__ == "__main__": raise SystemExit(main())